1) Double check your project against rubric. Make any final tweaks.
2) At end of project (after Works Cited), take 20 minutes to write up responses to the following. Title it Reflection.
Overall summary of your learning from religion unit (focus on 2-3 general understandings).
Why did you choose this topic? What different things did you learn while researching and creating the project?
How do you feel about the final product? What are its strengths and what are its weaknesses?
3) Comment (using the discussion tab) on three other projects. Respond to the projects in specific ways. (It's interesting how... I wonder about.... I like the way you....)
Assignment:
Over the next week you will be researching for and creating a document that will inform the public about a specific issue relating to religion. You will need to choose a specific focus that allows you to focus on multiple religions and investigate both primary and secondary sources. Overall your project must include sacred texts and multiple interpretations of these sources. You may use sources that we have studied together in class but must also locate sources of your own. As you find sources you must complete Source Analysis Sheets to document your findings. You are most likely to succeed on this project if you do not include your own religion but instead investigate other religions.
Some Topic ideas: Religion and slavery Religion and gender Religion and ritual Religion and the after-life Religion and social justice Religion and money Religion and work Religion and family Religion and misunderstanding Religion and politics Religion and conflict Different beliefs about worship Religion and extremism Investigation of sacred texts Creation myths Religion and art Religion and song Religion and War or Violence
World History: Religion Benchmark
Final Steps:
1) Double check your project against rubric. Make any final tweaks.
2) At end of project (after Works Cited), take 20 minutes to write up responses to the following. Title it Reflection.
3) Comment (using the discussion tab) on three other projects. Respond to the projects in specific ways. (It's interesting how... I wonder about.... I like the way you....)
Assignment:
Over the next week you will be researching for and creating a document that will inform the public about a specific issue relating to religion. You will need to choose a specific focus that allows you to focus on multiple religions and investigate both primary and secondary sources. Overall your project must include sacred texts and multiple interpretations of these sources. You may use sources that we have studied together in class but must also locate sources of your own. As you find sources you must complete Source Analysis Sheets to document your findings. You are most likely to succeed on this project if you do not include your own religion but instead investigate other religions.
Some Topic ideas:
Religion and slavery
Religion and gender
Religion and ritual
Religion and the after-life
Religion and social justice
Religion and money
Religion and work
Religion and family
Religion and misunderstanding
Religion and politics
Religion and conflict
Different beliefs about worship
Religion and extremism
Investigation of sacred texts
Creation myths
Religion and art
Religion and song
Religion and War or Violence
Sources:
http://judaism.about.com/od/holidays/a/The-Passover-Pesach-Story.htmhttp://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/305549/jewish/Torah-Slavery-and-the-Jews.htm
I found this page wile looking for creation myths, it looks like this whole site is dedicated to different creation myths:
http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_15.html
http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/beliefs/afterlife.htm